fstyp(1M) — Reliant UNIX 5.44c4

fstyp(1M)                                                         fstyp(1M)

NAME
     fstyp - determine file system type

SYNOPSIS
     fstyp [-v] special

DESCRIPTION
     fstyp allows the user to determine the file system type of unmounted
     file systems using heuristic programs.

     An fstyp module for each file system type to be checked is executed;
     each of these modules applies some appropriate heuristic to determine
     whether the supplied special file is of the type for which it checks.
     If it is, the program prints on standard output the usual file-system
     identifier for that type and exits with a return code of 0; if none of
     the modules succeed, the error message unknownfstyp (no matches) is
     returned and the exit status is 1. If more than one module succeeds
     the error message unknownfstyp (multiple matches) is returned and the
     exit status is 2.

OPTIONS
     -v   Produces verbose output. This is usually information about the
          file systems superblock and varies across different FSTypes.

LOCALE
     The LCMESSAGES environment variable governs the language in which
     message texts are displayed.

     If LCMESSAGES is undefined or is defined as the null string, it
     defaults to the value of LANG. If LANG is likewise undefined or null,
     the system acts as if it were not internationalized.

     If any of the locale variables has an invalid value, the system acts
     as if none of the variables was set.

     The LCALL environment variable governs the entire locale. LCALL
     takes precedence over all the other environment variables which affect
     internationalization.

NOTES
     The use of heuristics implies that the result of fstyp is not
     guaranteed to be accurate.













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